Bergman's Muses: Æsthetic Versatility in Film, Theatre, Television and RadioBergman is a most versatile director who has devoted himself to several muses in a variety of media. Apart from being a writer of plays and screenplays, he has over the past fifty years directed about a hundred stage performances, fifty films, and many works for radio and television. During this time, all the production equipment used have undergone significant changes (allowing, just for instance, a more varied and subtle use of light and sound). But by his own admission, Bergman's texts have often lacked a clear orientation toward a specific medium. This book focuses on Bergman's way of tackling the problems inherent in each art form he has dealt with, giving a penetrating picture of his craftsmanship and the intimate relationship between his work on stage and in film, as well as the possibilities and limitations of the various forms. With the varied media at his disposal, Bergman is internationally the most versatile author-cum-director presently at work, well aware of what each medium can and cannot do and, most importantly, eager to test its borders. The book addresses itself not only to Bergman fans but also to all those interested in the aesthetic problems related to different presentational forms. |
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... Ghost Sonata , four times staged by Bergman . The women trigger painful memories in the minds of both Vogler and Hummel . Anna's return to the theater with the false excuse that she is looking for her bracelet , while in fact she is ...
... Ghost Sonata , at least for the reader . Whereas the reader here learns that " far away , as from another world , the tolling of bells and the sirens of ambulances are heard❞ — a discordant analogue to the music heard from the Isle of ...
... Ghost Sonata , who serves as his paragon . The Ghost Sonata has one of the most intrigueing play openings in world drama . In front of a modern house we see to the left an old man , Jacob Hummel , in his wheelchair , reading a paper and ...